When we say that a joke is corny, what does that mean?
What does Holden mean by "Corny"? Using the quotes below, craft a clear, precise definition of the word
I hate saying corny things like "traveling incognito." But when I'm with someone that's corny, I always act corny too. (60)
The band was putrid. Buddy Singer. Very brassy, but not good brassy—corny brassy. (69)
She started jitterbugging with me—but just very nice and easy, not corny. (73)
Old Marty talked more than the other two. She kept saying these very corny, boring things, like calling the can the "little girls' room," and she thought Buddy Singer's poor old beat-up clarinet player was really terrific when he stood up and took a couple of ice-cold hot licks. She called his clarinet a "licorice stick." Was she corny. (74-5)
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When we say that a joke is corny, what does that mean?
What does Holden mean by "Corny"? Using the quotes below, craft a clear, precise definition of the word
I hate saying corny things like "traveling incognito." But when I'm with someone that's corny, I always act corny too. (60)
The band was putrid. Buddy Singer. Very brassy, but not good brassy—corny brassy. (69)
She started jitterbugging with me—but just very nice and easy, not corny. (73)
Old Marty talked more than the other two. She kept saying these very corny, boring things, like calling the can the "little girls' room," and she thought Buddy Singer's poor old beat-up clarinet player was really terrific when he stood up and took a couple of ice-cold hot licks. She called his clarinet a "licorice stick." Was she corny. (74-5)
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